Spinning Earth Year 3 Unit 2Assessment task — Investigating the sun, Earth and us: Student resource

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Teacher Date

Task

Draft planner

Type of presentation (e.g. poster):

1. Explain how day and night occur.Jot down some dot points to help you.

2. Practise labelling the diagram below to show how day and night occur on Earth.(Hint: Do you need to use arrows in your diagram?)

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3. Explain the difference between sunrise and sunset.Jot down some dot points to help you.

The diagram below shows Kay, Finn and Rob standing in sunlight at three different positions on Earth. They are all the same height. Would their shadows all be the same length? Explain your answer. Jot down some dot points to help you.

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(You can copy and paste the diagram into your presentation.)